Social media users cyclically withdraw from platforms to reduce anxiety and drama

Evidence

Others decrease their involvement in social media to reduce anxiety or drama. People in the scene often cycled through phases of social media use, from intense to mild. Glenda Bautista told me that people often scaled back their information disclosure after one particular incident. In her case, Bautista began the difficult process of “locking down” her online presence after a recruiter referred to her personal blog and boyfriend in a job interview. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 634

Categorization

• SEED: The ‘scale back after one incident’ dynamic is an angle on digital self-protection as reactive, not preventive — a possible essay on how personal disclosure is only policed post-trauma.
• XREF: connects to: Muting others on social media normalizes deleting people from life — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 348

Broader Connections

• Muting others on social media normalizes deleting people from life #expands (0.72) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 348